Abita Springs, LA
Abita Springs wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Abita Springs at the 91st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,394 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Abita Springs's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 92nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 80.9% of Abita Springs's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 19.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,127 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Abita Springs against the rest of the country
Abita Springs's risk sits at a similar level relative to Louisiana (99th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (91st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Abita Springs ranks 2,707 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,655 by building count (1 is largest). Within Louisiana alone, it ranks 4 of 488 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Louisiana on its state page.
Abita Springs and the insurance market
At the 91st percentile nationally, Abita Springs carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Abita Springs (80.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Abita Springs's 2,707-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Abita Springs, see the exposure-zones guide.